By E.K. Koh, VP of Solutions at NextLabs It’s not your perimeter. It’s not your applications. In an age where there is no perimeter, where data moves from application to application, from servers to desktops to tablets and smart phones that the company does not even own, managing security at the perimeter or application is … More 4 Ways IT must Change to Protect your Business

By Sudhindra Kumar, Principal Software Engineer at NextLabs In this blog series, we’ve discussed some of the key challenges impeding adoption of the cloud. In this instalment, we’ll talk about Data Retention and Disposal in the cloud. A lot of attention is paid to cloud data protection, regulatory compliance for cloud data, and how to … More Data Retention and Disposal in the cloud

By E.K. Koh, VP of Solutions at NextLabs | The direct financial costs include future loss of revenue when trade secrets are stolen today. According to the Battelle Foundation report “2013 Global R&D Funding Forecast”, the financial costs of intellectual property theft – internal and external – are compounded over time. When trade secrets are stolen, … More What are the Financial Costs of Data Loss?

By E.K. Koh, VP of Solutions at NextLabs There has been a lot of talk about how data breach is exponentially increasing. In a recent NIST cyber security framework, there is an entire segment on “Protecting” Data. To be effective against cyber-breach, we all agree that implementing all elements of the NIST framework is … More Protecting Against Data Breach – what offers the best bang for your buck?

by Sudhindra Kumar, Principal Software Engineer at NextLabs Kentucky recently joined 46 other states in the U.S. that enacted a data breach notification law. California is the vanguard – enacting the first such law in 2002. And now, the high profile data breaches of retailers Target and Neiman Marcus are serving as stimulants for revisions to and … More Data Security in the Cloud – beyond Encryption

By EK Koh | Recently Forrester published a report titled “Twelve Recommendations for your Security Program in 2014”. There are many good recommendations. One of them is: “Define your Data and give it an Identity to better protect it”. This is timely. In a recent Ponemon Cost of Data Breach Study, the cost of a … More Give your Data an Identity?